Chiral Mad 2

by Gary A Braunbeck, David Morrell, Michael Bailey (Editor)

Overview

Chiral Mad 2 is an anthology of psychological horror containing twenty-eight short stories by established authors and newcomers from around the world. All profit from sales of this anthology go directly to Down syndrome charities. Featuring the imaginations of David Morrell, Ramsey Campbell, Jack Ketchum, John Skipp, Gary A. Braunbeck, Mort Castle, Gene O'Neill, Gary McMahon, Lucy A. Snyder, Thomas F. Monteleone, and many others, with an introduction by Michael Bailey.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781494239978
Publisher:	Written Backwards
Publication date:	12/13/2013
Pages:	426
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.95(d)

About the Author

Michael Bailey is the multi-award-winning author of PALINDROME HANNAH, PHOENIX ROSE and PSYCHOTROPIC DRAGON (novels), SCALES AND PETALS and INKBLOTS AND BLOOD SPOTS (short story / poetry collections), and editor of PELLUCID LUNACY and the CHIRAL MAD anthologies. His books have been recognized by the International Book Awards, National Best Book Awards, Independent Publisher Book Awards, the USA News "Best Book" Awards, the London Book Festival, ForeWord Reviews' Book of the Year, This is Horror Anthology of the Year, the Indie Book Awards, and the Eric Hoffer Award. His short fiction and poetry can be found in anthologies and magazines around the world, including the US, UK, Australia, Sweden and South Africa.

Editorial Reviews

★ 03/24/2014
Bailey (Palindrome Hannah) builds on the success of his previous anthology, Chiral Mad—which, like the sequel, was compiled to raise money for Down syndrome charities—by providing a diverse collection of 28 horror stories from seasoned writers and novices. The central theme of chirality—in chemistry, the term "chiral" refers to a molecule that is not symmetrical—seems particularly apropos to a volume on psychological horror, as it hints at a fundamental incoherence or irresoluble conflict of perception and reality, of personality and the external. In Mason Ian Bundschuh's "Another Man's Bones," for example, the past and present collide. Max Booth III, in "Flowers Blooming in the Season of Atrophy," probes the aftermath of and clashing perspectives about a school massacre, to suggest that the effects of tragedy can be redemptive. In "Indian Summer," Philip C. Perron unveils the malignant impact of a woman's social isolation on two adolescents. The devastating effect of devotion to warped artistic genius is violently depicted by David Morrell in "Orange Is for Anguish, Blue Is for Insanity." Appropriately for a horror anthology, in his introduction, Bailey employs the imagery of teeth seizing the reader. Given the caliber of this winning collection, readers won't mind being bitten.

Publishers Weekly